Earlier this month, a detective knocked on Shavon Harvey’s door, in suburban Ohio, to ask about her son. The son had sent a Snapchat message from her phone to his friends, saying there would be shootings at several schools nearby.
She rushed to the police station, where her son was already in custody, but the police did not release him. He was charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony, and officials kept him in detention for 10 nights.
He is 10.
Ms. Harvey’s son is far from the only child arrested this month after similar behavior. And he’s not even the youngest.
We need to find a non-law-enforcement solution to students who make threats on social media. This @nytimes piece explains why.
— Tom Warrick (@TomWarrickAC) September 26, 2024
As School Threats Proliferate, More Than 700 Students Are Arrested https://t.co/dnTc2hQ1MG
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